Wall-heater.



G. F. REZNOR.

WALL HEATER.

` APPLICA'IXONy FILED AUG.2. 1913.

QEQCL, Patented Sept. 1,1914.

SHEET 1 A lill? WITNESSES G. P. REZNOR.

WALL HEATER.

PPLIUAT10-'-LED AUG. `t. NH34 1,109,466, Patented Sept. 1, 1914:

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WALL-HEATER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

Serial No. 782,706.

Application filed August 2, 191B.

Be it lsnown that l, GEORGE FOSTER Rez- N-on, a citizen .of the United. States, and a resident ci Mercer, in the county of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new .and Improved l#ifall-Heath, of which the following is a ull,clear, and exact de scription.

My invention more particularly relates toA 'gas heaters of the type known as wall-heaters, and is especially intended for use in bath rooms. l I

lt is a design of my invention to provide a heater of the indicated character the body 'and frame of which will. be kept below a temperature at all liable to -set fire to the walls in which the heater is installed.

it is a further design of the invention to 4construct a heater that may be tted in any wal-l. without special preparation ofthe wall .and 'without the necessity of lining 'the wall y opening with -iire brick, asbestos, or any `other vheat-resisting materials.

-eirce indicate corresponding j views.

It is a further design of the invention to lr'rrovide a novel :means tor fastening the heater to the wall. The invent-ion furthermore has for its designlto produce a heater 1n which lthe ele ments are arranged fand supported in a .man-

ner permitting of the heater bei-ng readily :assembled or disrnembered, and in which access may be conveniently had to the Various parte for 'the purpose 'of cleansing or repair. y The distinguishing features or my invention, and the important structuralelements characterizing the practical embodiment which4 is illustrated as an example, will be more particularly explained in the specific.

description -tollowing .cation,in which similar characters of refer-` parts 1n all the v'Figure l 'is a vfront elevation of. a wall u vertical transverse section; Fig. 3 is a vertical .section taken on theline 3 3 of Fig. 9, the redector hereinafter' referred to bei-ng omitted; and' Figl' d is fa vhorizontal section n the kline of lFig. 2.'

' 'with the` illustrated example, a box-like body Hdywg i kreierence is ith lished to the aobcmpa" I ing drawings forming a partei this speci n constructig` ea beate-rhin accordance eneral. rectangular shane, Y y, y double wallswith ,as uit` "able idilio-g ci heatmsu-lating material, To

the open front of the box a main frame 1l is secured by stove bolts l2, or their equivalent, the said frame being Hanged to extend laterally on all sides of the front, and rearwardlygus at 13,' so that when the body l0 is inserted iu a. recess in the wall A, the rear edge of. the front flange 1B will contact with the face of the wall.

To fasten the heat-er in the wall recess, wires 14 are employed at each side, the said wires being given a or two around.

nails l5 .or the like driven into the studding I at each side of the recess, the wires beingI returned on themselves and-.then carried forwardly .through holes in the flange 13, the

ends of the wires being twisted as clearly shown in Fig. B. The holes 16 areA preferably produced invdepressed `portions 17 (see Fig. 4) whereby the twisted ends-14Ea will be within the general plane-of the surface of l the flange 13. A facing frame 1S isidetach-1` ably secured to ,the'front frame l1, in-'a""". suitable manner, such aslby means of hooks 19 (Fig. '-2) on the rear edge of the said facing frame` at.- the top, and engaging suitable holes in the main frame l1, and by a screw. .A `19a (Fig. l) at the bottom. Desirably also,

there is detachably secured to the facing frame 18a cornice or cornice-like transverse member 20 of .ornamental form, which v gives` a finish to the front of .the heater at. the ,top of `the exposed open `front, through which the reflector hereinafterreferred .to appears` In the illustrated form the cor'- nioe 2O has rearwardly .projecting hooks 2l which' engage frame 18. l

The burner may consist of a transverse tube orlength of pipe 23, havinga longitudlillll series of forwardly 'and downwardly over lugs 22 on the facing` disposed nipples'cr tips 24 having `jet ori iices for the gas. The burner tube is shown" as disposed transversely at the upper end of a; gas pipe 25 having suitable connection with a supply pipe v26, there being a valve suitably located between the source of sup; l :ply and the burner tube, the valve stem 27l in the present instance 'extending forwardly through the main frame l1 and .througllan cpeninglSin the :facing trame 18..

The heater includes `a relie'tonV below "the burner tube, said reflectorr tcomprising Uthe waz-diy"andrearwardly, and sides '29,.;the' 110 said; reilentor` :being sutablyfsecured to .and

supported .by the facing frame so as to around the bottomand sides of the reflector,"

and said reflector is considerably below the top of the heater body. Associated with the reflector is a hood, the top 30 of which inelines upwardly and forwardly and has a depending apron 31 extending around the sides and back `of the top. The top 30 of the hood is spaced from the reflectorA and from the burner tube 23, and the apron 31 of the hood is spaced from the reflector at the sides and back. The hood is supported independently of the reflector, being detachably secured to the body 10, preferably by hanger brackets 32, the upturned ends vof which are secured by bolts 33 or the like to the body, and the bracket 32 is bolted or otherwise fastened, as at 32, to the top 30.

By the described arrangement of the re- Hector and hood relatively to the box-like body 10, an air conducting space 34 is pro duced between the apron 31 and the re- Hector, the saidA air space communicating at the top of the reflector with what may be termed the burner chamber or open front of the hood, so that a current of air will pass rearwardly and upwardly from below the reflector and to and over the latter and along the under side of the top 30 above the burner tube 23 to the front of the heater. IThe cornice 2O is more or less open and forms the outlet for the air passing forwardly beneath the top of the hood. There is furthermore, formed an air chamber 35 between the apron 31 of the hood and the back of the box-like body 10, and this space extends upwardly and communicates with v the larger space above the top 30 of the hood, and between the same and the top of the box 10.

At the front of the space above the hood top 30 the facing plate 18 is formed with openings 18b tween the reector bottom 28 and the bottom of box 10 from the front, through thc openings 18, will divide, a' current passin not only to the space 34 `in front ofthe apron 31, but to and through the surround-- ing space 35 behind the said apron, thence .overthe top 30 of the hood main frame 11 at the front of thebody, and thencethrough the openings ,18h in facn lng frame 18, the result being that'there are twodistinct air chambers air currents both above 30 of thefhod, which 'producing cooling and below the top of the hood,v

so that cool air entering be-A the sides and back v "a'box-like `'body open through the will insure that body and frame of the heater will be maintained at a temperature involving no possible danger of the wall elements being set on re. AA further air chamber is provided to induce an additional cooling air current at the exterior of the body 10. Thus a shell 36 is disposed outside of the body, which extends over the top thereof and downwardly preferably at the sides and back of the body, to a distance below the horizontal center of the heater. place in any suitable manner, there being screw bolts 37 usually employed in practice, said bolts passing through the shell and through the body l0. The shell is sufriciently spaced from the outer` stlrface of the body to provide an intervening chamber 38 through which air around and over the body, through the front frame 1l which is provided in the ange 13 thereof with openings 13b for the ingress -and The shell may be secured in may `1 pass upwardly It is to be understood that the oihce 'of the elements 28, 29 in the present structure I1s not primarily to reflect the flames of the jets, but to reflect the heat out into the room and -to direct the air at the under side upvgvllarlly and rearwardly to the air chambers a Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, ters Patent:

1. In a heater of the character described, a boxlike body open at the front, a hood supported in the body below the top thereof:l

and spa-ced from the back of the body, the intervening air space between the hood and body having an inlet at-,the bottom and having an outlet through theopen front of the body, heating means in the body beneath the hood, and an exterior shell extending over the body at the top and depending at of the body, there'being an lntervenlng space between the body and Y 2.`In a heater of the character described,

ed tobe received in a wall recess, a main frame extending around the body at the the body and spaced therefromsa1'd' shell extending over'the top .and .depending atthe sides, the space between'the shell. and bod bottc'nif for thcfmlet L air, l and Athe -lsaid and desire to securevby Letshell, the space between the body and shell g 'A bemgopen at the bottom and having an out- 120 xlet at the front of the heater.

at the front and adapt-` main frame having'a ange extending rearwardly and outwardly overthe front edge of the shell, said flange having an outlet for air from the space between the shell and body, a facing frame supported on the main frame, a hood supported in the body and spaced from the latter, providing an intervening air chamber which is open at the bottom, the said facing frame forming a continuation of the air space between the hood and body and having an outlet tor air, and heating means beneath the hood f' 3. A heater of the character described, a box-like body having an open front, a-transverse burner between the top and bottom of the body, a reector extending upwardly and rearwardly from the front to the burner and terminating at the back of the burner, and means associated with thebody and reflector, forming three separate air chambers, open at the bottom, said means comprising a hood above the reflector and below the top of the body, theA hood having a top extending to the front of the body and rearwardly beyond the burner and provided with a depending apron, the hood at the top, back and sides being spaced from the bodyV and Y a shell outside the body and spaced therefrom at the top7 back and sides7 the said space between the hood and the body, being separated from the spaces beneath the hood, the said spaces having separate outlets at the front.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specication in the presence of 3S two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE FOSTER REZNOR. Witnesses:

H. A. BLACK, THos. MGCLAIN, Jr. 

